County Line Fire
The County Line Fire burned 1,268 acres in South Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on March 26, 2012, and contained on March 26, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,268 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2012
- Contained
- March 26, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,415 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.612, -103.033.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,268 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,415 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,268 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2012, 7:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 26, 2012, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- South Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Montana/Dakotas State Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- MTNRC
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4461210303320120326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-634586
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Corrected GPS coordinates or equivalent precision
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in South Dakota in 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longhorn Complex | 43,639 | Jul 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Crookston Fire | 14,453 | Oct 17, 2012 | Human |
| Myrtle Fire | 9,886 | Jul 19, 2012 | Human |
| Hay Canyon Fire | 9,882 | Apr 24, 2012 | Natural |
| White Draw Fire | 9,000 | Jun 29, 2012 | Human |
| Coal Canyon Fire | 5,177 | ||
| Tower Fire | 4,723 | Feb 25, 2012 | Human |
| Fire | 2,465 | Sep 19, 2012 | Human |
| South Hand Fire | 2,300 | Nov 20, 2012 | Human |
| 221st Fire | 1,600 | Aug 30, 2012 | Human |
| T-34 Fire | 1,600 | Jul 19, 2012 | Human |
| Donovan Fire | 1,500 | Jul 19, 2012 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.